Combat Equipment

Combat Equipment Icon used in the Game

Combat Equipment, sometimes called Loadout Equipment, are items that can be equipped for combat when outside Fort Tarsis. They are used to build javelins to suit the playstyle of any freelancer. Each ally and enemy found in the wilderness of Northern Bastion, except for Arcanists, has a combat loadout using these equipment.

Currently, there are a total of more than 300 combat equipment available to the players in game, disregarding their rarity (i.e., only items with unique names are considered), but not all of them can be obtained, as some are limited by how they can be obtained, whereas some are unreleased. These items can be equipped in the Forge by going into the Loadout Tab after selecting the appropriate javelin.

Cortex Entry

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Equipment swaps and javelin upgrades can be done at the Forge once guns and gear are found in the world. As a pilot levels up, more javelin customization slots will unlock. Equipping higher-level items will raise your javelin's power level, which is reflected as a rarity level. Higher-level suits find rare and powerful items more often, and can tackle missions at higher difficulty levels.

Lore

Combat Equipment are not only used by the Freelancer, but they are used by all factions. They are used by all sentient non-Elemental species of Coda. Certain Fauna are weaponized by enemy factions, which, in a way behaves like combat equipment. Factions not only decorate their icons on their members, but also use their colors on the equipment that belong to them. Types of Combat Equipment Used:

• Javelins: Apart from the lancers of Bastion, the Dominion, Scars, Outlaws and regulators are known to use javelins.
• Weapons: Hand held guns are not only used by javelin’s lancers, but also minor enemies.
• Gear: Gears are non-gun type weapons that cannot do melee or close combat damage to enemies. They are also used by Javelin pilots and minor enemies.
• Melee Weapons: These are close combat weapons that almost all non-elemental type sentient enemies and allies use. Usually, in the case of enemies, they simply strike with their handheld guns. Valkyrie and Elementalist type javelins aren’t shown using melee weapons.
• Support: Support are shielding items or those that help allies to perform better during combat. Not all enemies have supports.
• Components: Components are combat items that are used only by javelins to improve their performances.
• Ultimate: Ultimate Abilities are only used by javelins. They are said to be the abilities that a javelin can unleash when the right time is reached.
• Consumables: These are combat prowess enhancing items that last only for one expedition. They are currently only used by the javelins of bastion.
• Shield Generator: This is only used by the Dominion. It can generate kinetic shields for enemies and disable flight for enemies of the Dominion.
• Turrets: Turrets are additional equipment used by enemies to fortify their presence. Allies aren’t seen using them during combat, but they are used to protect settlements.
• Weaponized Creatures: These are creatures fitted with machines that make them menacing than what they already are. These are only ever seen used by the Dominion. Pirates of Blood Wind faction which was supposed to arrive with the new build of Anthem, were also supposed to have weaponized creatures like Wyverns.
• Weaponized Striders: Striders can be fitted with heavy ammunitions to make them into chaotic, but slow, war machines. These are only ever employed during times of war, and not during small battles or skirmishes.
• Tanks: Tanks are large equipment, usually used only by Scars. Although, not nearly as large as striders, Scar Tanks are devastating and almost exclusively used by Luminaries. Sometimes, Escari are seen using them as well.
• Explosives: Bombs, mines, and explosives are used by allies and enemies alike during combat.
• Elemental Containers: These are fire or ice or lightning type explosives that are stored in containers on combat fields.
• Acid Containers: These are containers that release a mist of acid when detonated.

To see how what each enemy uses as combat equipment, visit their individual page.

Combat Equipment Types

There are 15 types of Combat Equipment slots available to the Freelancer’s javelins in Anthem:

• 1 Gear 1 Slot
• 1 Gear 2 Slot
• 1 Support Slot
• 1 Melee Weapon Slot
• 2 Weapons Slots (Guns only)
• 6 Components Slot
• 3 Consumable Slots

Each of these can be modified in the Forge for each of the javelins: Ranger, Colossus, Storm, and Interceptor.

Methods to Obtain

Combat Equipment are very versatile and can be obtained in many different ways:

• Available by default in the Forge
• Rewards that drop as loot.
• Purchase them in the Crafting Store which sells cosmetics exclusively
• Purchase in the Seasonal Store through War Chests
• By Crafting with the help of Blueprints
• As Guardians' Gifts when visiting a tomb of a Legionnaire in Northern Bastion
• Obtain through promotional methods and claim them in the rewards tab of the store

Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)

• Each combat equipment has a unique design except for gears.
• Lower level and upgraded gears share the same design, regardless of how different they are. A notorious example is the case of Pulse Blast and its 3 upgraded forms Fist of the Mountain, Avenger's Boon, and Relentless Pursuit.
• Lower level and upgraded guns share the same base form, but have unique coloration and Gear 1 on them that help them distinguish between them easily.
• Several unreleased combat equipment for the player were data mined in the game. Some of these were also acknowledged by the developers. However, they were never released because they hadn’t been balanced before the end of Anthem’s development cycle.

List of Combat Equipment on Types

Only the names are mentioned here. For details of individual types and varieties in those types, select the appropriate item. For convenience, consumables and unobtainable items are mentioned atthe end.

COMBAT EQUIPMENT

Weapons (Guns Only)

Aftershock Anvil Artinia's Gambit Avenging Herald Bad Omen Balm of Gavinicus Barrage Blastback Bombardier Close Encounter Cloudburst Constrictor Cycle of Pain Deadeye Death From Above Defender Devastator Divine Vengeance Elemental Rage Endless Siege Fist of Stral Flashfire Fulcrum Glorious Result Grave Digger Guardian Hailstorm Hammerhead Havoc Insult and Injury Jarra's Wrath Light of the Legion Lightning Rod Lurker Mauler Papa Pump Radiant Fortress Rainmaker Ralner's Blaze Razorwing Relentless Renewed Courage Resolution Retaliation of Garretus Riza's Ripper Rolling Carnage Scattershot Scout Sentinel's Vengeance Shard Storm Siege Breaker Sledgehammer Soothing Touch The Last Stand Thunderbolt of Yvenia Torrent Trajector Truth of Tarsis Unending Battle Vassa's Surprise Vengeance Warden Whirlwind Wyvern Blitz

Gear 1

Arctic Tomb Binary Star Burst Mortar Cariff's Talon Cold Blooded Colossus Gear Detonating Strike Eternal Squall Explosive Blaze Final Judgment Firewall Mortar Flame Burst Frag Grenade Frost Grenade Grand Opening Hailstorm's Renewal High-Explosive Mortar Ice Blast Ice Storm Inferno Grenade Interceptor Gear Last Argument Lightning Coil Lightning Strike Living Flame Plasma Star Ponder Infinity Ranger Gear Rubidium Furnace Sanadeen's Respite Seeker Grenades Shadow Claw Shock Coil Spectre's Flash Sticky Grenade Storm Gear Sudden Death Tempest Strike The Gambit Titan's Hail Vassa's Arc Venom Spray Venom Storm Venomous Blaze Viper's Bite Voltaic Dome Winter's Wrath Wraith Strike

Gear 2

Absolute Zero Again and Again Arc Burst Argo's Mace Assault Launcher Avenger's Boon Best Defense Bitter Harvest Black Ice Black Powder Blast Missile Burning Orb Chaotic Rime Cluster Mine Colossus Gear Cryo Glaive Ember's Lance Fist of the Crucible Fist of the Mountain Flak Cannon Flamethrower Frost Shards Garred's Hammer Glacial Spear Interceptor Gear Pulse Blast Railgun Raneri's Charge Ranger Gear Recurring Vengeance Relentless Pursuit Ruthless Stalker Seal of the Open Mind Searching Glaive Seeking Missile Serpent's Veil Shock Burst Siege Artillery Solvent Green Spark Beam Spark Dash Stasis Chain Steam Vent Storm Gear Tactical Onslaught Ten Thousand Suns Tesilar Trap Venom Bomb Venom Darts Venom Spitter

Support

Anthem's Grace Battle Cry Berserker's Cry Bulwark Point Colossus Gear Howling Veil Interceptor Gear Muster Point Quickening Field Rally Cry Ranger Gear Shield Pulse Slayer's Furor Storm Gear Surging Shield Target Beacon Tarsis' Last Stand Vanguard's Rampart Voice of Courage Wind Wall

Melee

Blades of Warding Deathstalker Blades Earthshaker Explosive Strike Inferno Glove Lightning Surge Meteor Smash Rampager Searing Blast Seismic Glove Seismic Mace Shock Mace Shocking Strike Transmuting Volt Twin Blades Venomous Blades

Components

Ablative Shielding Acid Slugs Advanced Circuitry Airborne Advantage Ammo Compartment Amphibious Augment Amulet of Winter Armor Reinforcement Assault Augment Assault Rifle Ammo Assault System Augment Badge of Devastation Battle Inscription Blade Inscription Bloodlust Catalytic Overdrive Chaos Core Colossal Stock Augment Colossal Storage Augment Colossus Combo Augment Combined Arms Components Conductive Lattice Conductivity Augment Convergence Core Crossed Arms Demolition Tribute Diverted Energy Circuit Double-Edged Inscription Elemental Attunement Elemental Conduit Elemental Empowerment Elemental Ops Elemental Synergy Elusive Talisman Emblem of Destruction Emergency Power Explosives Expert Extended Sniper Magazine Extended Special Arms Magazine Feedback Loop Fire Inscription Firearm Calibration Core Focused Freeze General's Favor Giant Slayer Grand Entrance Grenade Augment Grenadier Inscription Guardian Insignia Gunner's Inscription Gunslinger's Mark Heat Sink Heavy Assault Augment Heavy Shield Reinforcement High-Capacity Munitions Ice Inscription Integrity Augment Interceptor Combo Augment Light Machine Gun Ammo Lightning Inscription Mark of Clarity Mark of Ruin Mark of Wrath Marksman Rifle Ammo Melee Inscription Ordnance Augment Overclocked Regulator Ranger Combo Augment Rapid Arms Ammo Rapid Hollow Points Rejuvenating Ammo Second Wind Shield Reinforcement Shock Treatment Shotgun Ammo Sniper Rifle Ammo Softened Blows Special Arms Ammo Stalwart's Badge Storm Combo Augment Strike System Augment Structural Reinforcement Survival Algorithm Symbiotic Surge Synchronized Frame Tactical Advantage Talisman of Power Thermal Cooling Thermal Regulator Tip of the Spear Token of Daring Token of the Master Token of the Pupil Tome of Precision Ultimate Inscription Vanguard's Badge Vanguard's Emblem Vanguard's Token Vengeance Matrix Vented Thrusters Victor's Resolve Way of Integration Way of Resolve Way of Salvage Way of the Bold Way of the Swift

Consumables

Acid Sigil Armor Sigil Assault Rifle Sigil Autocannon Sigil Blade Slinger Sigil Combo Sigil Fire Sigil Gear Sigil Grenade Launcher Sigil Heat Sigil Heavy Pistol Sigil Ice Sigil Light Machine Gun Sigil Lightning Sigil Machine Pistol Sigil Marksman Rifle Sigil Melee Sigil Pulse Accelerator Sigil Shield Sigil Shotgun Sigil Sniper Rifle Sigil Ultimate Sigil Volt Caster Sigil

Unobtainable Combat Equipment

Autocannon Ammo Gawin's Vengeance Grenade Launcher Ammo Heavy Pistol Ammo Machine Pistol Ammo Pyrrhic Victory